Chicken Pox please go away!

Ok so it has been a week tomorrow, and we are just waiting for them all to crust over now (gross but true). L has had no school all week and is getting a bit fed up now. It has been a tough week for her.

The fever kicked in about halfway through, she was very hot but kept saying she was freezing. The Monday night she hardly slept at all, and felt all wrong as she described it. Tuesday she fell asleep at 1830, something she has not done in years! I managed to get her upstairs somehow, and there she slept till about 10am.

I think the worse bit for L has been looking at herself in the mirror. And I for the first time became aware that although not even 9 yet she is very self aware, and vain almost. There has been tears over missing the holiday, but nearly as many have flowed due to the spots on her face. When walking to her dads house yesterday she hid in a hood and tried to cover her face with her hair.

L is also concerned about going back to school with spots. I however keep saying she is beautiful with or without spots. Is a good lesson to show her that internal beauty is what matters anyway. And that she should not judge people by what they look like.

So that is our week. She'll be all set for school on Monday, hurray! Just hope she hasn't missed too much and that she doesn't cry when walking in. And please kids be kind :D

No holiday thanks to Chicken Pox

Sad today, L was supposed to be going away with her Auntie and Uncle for a long weekend. She has been excited all week. Two days before she complains of a headache while staying at her dads. And the following morning the headache is still there. She went to school as she missed a fair bit last year..

So when she got home I ran her a bath and finished off packing her bags for her holiday. When she got out I noticed a strange blister on her neckline...Showed her dad and decided to look on the Internet..looked just like a chicken pox!!!!

We managed to get her into the doctors immediately and yes diagnosis confirmed. No holiday for our baby. She was devastated to say the least. I feel so sorry for her. Its not like I can afford to replace this holiday. And she has waited for so long to go away with my sister. The amazing thing is she manages to put a smile on her face, and look at the positives..like getting Chicken Pox out the way and I have let her play Club Penguin.

SO how can I make it up to her? I want to do something nice, and something new, but on a budget of near enough zero I am unsure what I can do. I wonder if there are any places where you can freely pitch a tent? Anyone know of any? Or have any other suggestions?

Oh and here is a link to the NHS DIRECT page about Chicken Pox, I have found it useful.

Just an ordinary mum

As a mum to my wonderful 8 year old daughter, I find myself asking questions daily. I am doing this blog to air my thoughts, express myself, to hopefully get some helpful feedback and who knows maybe be if some assistance to someone else..even if it shows them that they are not as silly as I am.

So just a bit about me...I am 31 and recently became a single mum. We sacrificed the relationship to save the friendship and it worked perfectly. He is very supportive and a great friend to me and a great dad to our only child, who for the purpose of this blog I shall call L.

L will be turning 9 in June, she is a great girl and has always been a pleasure. We have been blessed so far as she has never been hard work. Not even during the terrible twos...but do not take this to mean that she must always get what she wants. I will discuss how I avoided the terrible twos in a later blog.

So that is our family unit, possibly like yours, possibly not. However if you are a parent too we shall have one thing in common at least. The desire to raise our children the best we can, for them to be happy, healthy, secure and strong enough to survive in this world on their own two feet.

Thank you for reading, please feel free to post comments if you would like.